The Hope pioneer., 1887-07-29

the flat roof of a four-story house. Her out
cries brought the police to her release
while the brute who attempted to murder
her fought the officers as they took him to
prison.
Mrs. Hattie Seymour, living in Harrison
township, Vinton county, OHIO, was found
Saturday night lying on the floor of her
house with a bullet iii her brain and fright
full knife-stab in her stomach. There is no
clew to the murderer.
Four tough-looking men put off the Van
aalia train near Long point few miles
west of Indianapolis. opened on it with re-
vrolvers and sent a score of bullets whizzing
through the coaches. No one was hurt, but
all were badly frightened.
neat job of lynching took place at Ne
braska City, Neb., Saturday night, Shellen-
berger, the murderer of his step-daughter
in 1856, being taken from jail by a company
Of German farmers and hanged in the court
yard The plan was so well laid that it was
carried out without any failure.
In November last, while George 7. Morris
and his wife Annie were living in Chicago,
George, his wife alleges, ran away with
Sarah Shank, their servant, and $4,000 OF
his mother-in-law' money. The fugitives
went to Wichita, Kansas when Mrs. Morris
has appeared and applied for their arrest.
Miss Josie Holmes. who was the exchange
clerk of the late Fidelity National bank of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and VI hose visits and con-
sultations with E. l.. Harper, ate vice pre-
sident of the bank, caused his removal to
the Dayton jail, has been served with a
warrant charging her with aiding and abet-
ting Harper in his illegal conduct Upon
being arraigned she waived examination,
and was held in $4,000 bail.
Sheriff Matson, of Cook county, (Chicago)
took Warden McGargile convicted of de-
frauding the county, out of Jail Sunday
evening for an interview with State Attor-
ney Grinnell and afterward took the ex-
warden to his own house for a call upon his
family. McGargile asked permission to take
a bath, and was allowed tc go to the bath
room but not returning to the waiting sher-
iff in reasonable time it was found he had
escaped, and it is supposed started for Can
ada.
Washington Special: There can no longer
be complaint as to the slow administration
of criminal Justice in the district. The forg-
er Oscar j. Harvey, chief of the claims di-
vision of the treasury department. who less
than two weeks ago was arrested, has been
indicted by the grand jury, arraigned, tried
and sentenced to twelve years in the Albany
peulGCuCld1y. lulo dCUlOA 10 uuC
in great part to the fact that Harvey plead
ed guilty, but it is not probable that he ex-
pected so severe a sentence, which
is about half of the maximum penaly.
Chaplain Newman, residing at Washing
ton, went off to the Thousand Islands for
his summer vacation, leaving his house un-
tenanted. By mere accident a policeman
| noticed on Sunday that a rear door of the
mansion was open and entering found all
the costly robes, bric-a-brac, valuable relies
| OF. the holy land and other parts of the world,
| collected DR.. Newman during his consular
trip around the world and used on exhbi-
| tions in his lectures-things that cannot be
| replaced -silverware, jewels, rare coins, all
articles of value, boxed and blanketed
ready for shipment in the lower hail. the
intention evidently being to move the
things and ship them away from the city at
the first opportunity. The thieves are sup
| posed to be two white men and one negro
seen by neighbors for a week past late at
| night. They had evidently been working
undisturbed to effect the great robbery.
DR.. Newman has promised this interesting
| collection to the Smithsonian Institute,
when he dies.